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Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong by drexlspivey on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @04:26PM (#34796272)
> Anyone else see the irony there? Without middlemen? Spotify was trying to cement itself as the middleman in as much podcasting as possible, right? Or maybe it's not irony, it's exactly that, Spotify saw a space without middleman and thus an opportunity to lock itself in as the middleman.

wasn’t Spotify co-founded by the creator of Napster too?

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Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong by adamhowell on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @07:33PM (#34798379)
No. Daniel Elk was a CTO and then freelance developer and Martin Lorentzon was co-founder of a digital marketing company (and the initial money)
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Re:Spotify's podcast bet went wrong by drexlspivey on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @08:04AM (#34803260)
I was referring to Sean Parker, apparently he joined a bit later as an early investor (bought 5% in 2010)
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